Current situation:
Current industry: International cooperation for development
Size of the company: Freelance worker
Current position: Independant consultant
Number of years spent at this position: 11 to 15 years
Number of persons you managed: 1-5 persons
Annual salary: 60.00 EUR
Total working experience: more than 15 years
Availability: Immediate availability

Technical support to the national team
for the Support Program to decentralisation and state reform in Mali:
analysis and concept note on economic viability of regions; follow up of the
design of the regional economic model, initiated with the previous program
(see below).

November 2015 – January 2016

Tunisia

GIZ

Evaluation Expert on
regional development

Evaluation of GIZ “Support to Regionalisation
in Tunisia” Project. The project
provides technical support and capacity building to central government, to regional
governments (gouvernorats) as well
as Regional Development Offices for regional development planning and
monitoring, particularly regarding social participation, endogenous
potentials, efficiency and transparency.

February – March 2015

Home based (Mali related)

AMBERO Consulting

www.ambero.de

Expert in strategic
planning and project design

Designed and written the strategy of
intervention, the methodology and the activity program for the technical part
of two proposals for tender with GIZ: promotion of regional economic
development and vocational training in relation with private sector
development, in Mali.

Aug.- Sept
2015

Bamako, Mali

GIZ

Expert in planning
for regional economic development

Technical support to
the national project team of the Promotion of Regional Economic Development
Program (joint GIZ/EU): Continue the design of an economic model for the
evaluation of the revenue generated by economic activities within the region.

October 2008 – April 2014

Mali

Consortium Ambero / IP
Consult (Germany) www.ambero.de

Expert in
territorial participative planning for regional economic development. Part
time position with several short term missions per year

A
joint GIZ (German Development Cooperation) and EU/EDF (European Union/European Development Fund) programme to support
the regional councils of Ségou and Mopti with the design and implementation
of a multi-stakeholders strategy for regional economic development based on
shared stakes of main public and private stakeholders:

· Helped design the
program intervention strategy with national, regional governments and private
stakeholders, with a territorial and interdisciplinary approach, subsequently
approved and funded by both GIZ and EU/EDF

· Advised the national
program team on the design and implementation by regional stakeholders, in
Ségou and Mopti, of a multi-stakeholders strategy for regional economic
development; strategy ratified by state institutions

· Provided analytical information, tools and methodologies for capacity
building of the program team, regional public and private stakeholders, as well as national
public stakeholders, regarding planning
and promotion of regional economic development

September 2012 – May 2013

Namibia

Consortium AMBERO / GOPA
www.ambero.de

Participatory
planning expert for agrarian reform & infrastructure development
programme. Part time position

A KfW
(German development bank) support program to the National Land Reform Action
Plan implemented by the Ministry of Lands and Resettlements: legalize
customary land rights, develop under-utilised land for production and improve
commercial farming in the communal area:

· Led a two experts teams for the design of a Local Level Participatory
Planning process and its implementation with small scale farmers as a pilot
experiment

·
Provided the Ministry of
Lands and Resettlement with a methodology, guidelines and tools to replicate
the pilot experience

·
Ministry approved the
participatory planning method, which was successfully implemented on 2
farming sites, benefiting over 130 farming households, regarding both
infrastructure and land tenure rights. This assisted the MLR operationalisming
its policy on land tenure and commercial farming in the Communal area.

January to September 2011

Mexico

Iber-Geo Consulting (Spain)
www.iber-geo.com

Evaluation
expert for social and cultural dimensions for a credit and technical support
program with indigenous and
marginalised groups. Part time position

Member
of an evaluation team for an Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) credit
and technical cooperation program for indigenous and marginalized groups in
South of Mexico :

·
Evaluated the social, cultural, political and community
development aspects for 10 of the 25 financed projects

·
Formulated recommendations on the forms of organisations
and type and level of local capacities necessary for possible replications of
this kind of intervention

March 2010

Mexico

Program
for Disaster Risks Management of the United Nations Development Program
(UNDP).

www.pmrmexico.org.mx

Expert in strategic
territorial planning

Provided assistance to
the program for the promotion of the integration of disaster risk management
in the strategic planning of municipalities. Several workshops on integrated
territorial planning with NGO's and regional government institutions.

March to December 2009

Chiapas, Mexico

Colectivo ISITAME, Local
Mexican NGO, Chiapas

www.isitame.org

Expert in participative
territorial planning for socio-economic development; Part time position.

Assisted
the design of an intervention strategy to promote regional sustainable
development with 14 municipalities and regional organisations in the northern
part of Chiapas :

· Socio-economic
diagnostics, analysis of past interventions

· Methodology and
tools for actor analysis as part of the intervention process; recommendations
for the intervention

· Designed a model and
strategy of result-based intervention for Oxfam’s target areas and priority
issues.

December 2006 to June 2008

Chiapas Mexico

Consortium GOPA Consulting
Gmbh, AMBERO Consulting Gmbh, COMADEP, AC

www.ambero.de

Expert in
territorial participative planning, and in socio-economic rural development –
Full time position

A joint EU – Chiapas state
government program for sustainable, integrated, social development project
for the Lacandona forest region, Chiapas

Consulting
on design and promotion of a model for participative territorial development:

· Strengthened the
capacities for territorial planning and promotion of sustainable
socioeconomic development of state institutions, local municipalities and
stakeholders, mainly small farmer and indigenous organisations and
communities

· Designed and wrote
the strategic and methodological parts, as well as action plan of the
successful offer of tender

· As member of a
multidisciplinary team

– Participated in design of the territorial
development model

– Trained a team of local experts on strategic
planning and project writing, aimed at providing services to local
municipalities.

November 2006

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Technological Centre AINIA

www.ainia.es

Expert on sanitary
and phytosanitary quality and regulations for fresh horticultural produces

Several conferences in an international
seminary (5 days) organised by DG SANCO of the European Commission and
carried out by AINIA for civil servants of South-Eastern African countries.

April 2004 to July 2006

Brussels, Belgium and ACP countries (Africa –
Caribbean – Pacific)

SOGEROM. SA

Expert on small
farmers agriculture and public-private dialogue.

part time position
with periodical in-country short missions

A
support program to ACP fresh produce producers and exporters for compliance
with European commission regulations on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)
regulations:

· I organised “Train
the Trainers” training programs for small farmers;

· Five public-private
dialog “task forces” set up and/or provided with technical assistance for
common strategy around the stakes regarding compliance with SPS regulations
for the European market.

Jan 2001 to Dec 2002

Arlon, Belgium

Fondation Universitaire
Luxembourgeoise (FUL) / Liege University

Research assistant:
natural resources management

Interdisciplinary and inter-university research
project on integrated water management:

· Investigation on socio-economic aspects of water
management, within the perspective of the implementation of the European
Water Framework Directive by the regional Walloon government.

Jul 1995 to Jul 1998

Petén, Guatemala

Oxfam-Solidarity of
Belgium

www.oxfamsol.be

Agronomist, land
use planning and community development expert.

Full time position

A
set of programs for humanitarian, technical and financial assistance for
resettlement, participative territorial and land-use planning, community
organisation and development strategy with co-operatives formed by former
refugees –mainly Mayan indigenous of several ethnic groups- in the department
of Petén:

· Lead an
inter-disciplinary team for the implementation of a participative land use
planning process at community level, follow up of the methodology designed
and implemented in Mexico : technical studies, facilitation of decision
making process on land tenure for agricultural production with conservation
methods balanced with sustainable forest and other natural resources
management

· Strengthened
capacities of community leaders on community organisation and planning for
integrated development

· Contributed to the
strengthening of the women’s organisation for the participation in decision
making on key community issues, such as land distribution and land use

· Monitored a vocational
training programme for community teacher for primary school

· Negotiated projects
funding with national and international institutions

· A part of a
multi-cultural and interdisciplinary team, designed and implemented a
participatory planning methodology for community development, including land
tenure, management of natural resources and agricultural production, for
future resettled communities

· Contributed in
building capacities of refugees leaders in community organisation and
planning for development for future settlements in Guatemala

15. Publications

Perdidos En La
Selva: A study of the process of resettlement and development of the Community
– Cooperative Unión Maya Itza, formed by Guatemalan peasants, ex – refugees,
resettled in the Department of Petén, Guatemala. (Doctorate Thesis, in
Spanish). 2000. Rosenberg (Thela Thesis), Amsterdam.

Cover letter

I am a agronomy
engineer, specialised in land use planning, and PhD in rural sociology, working
as an independent consultant. As you will see in my resume, attached to this
mail, I have been working on assignments related to community development,
including land management, and local/regional economic development, mostly
within decentralisation systems of government. I have also carried out project
evaluations for IADB funded projects, as well as GIZ.

The services I
provide are usually capacity strengthening, facilitation for multiple
stakeholders participation for the design, implementation and monitoring of
common strategies (participatory planning). I develop tools and methodologies
tailors for specific project needs, always with a result based approach. I also
write proposals for tender with international donors

I am of Belgian
and French nationalities, and currently live in Mexico. I am fluent in French,
English and Spanish